Obituaries from July 2011

Andy Bents(07/30/11)Funeral services for Mr. Andy Bents, 55, of Peterson, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, at First Congregational Church in Peterson. Rev. Tonna Parsons and Rev. Michael Hyde will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday, with the family present from 4-7 p.m. at the Warner Funeral Home in Peterson...

Esther Helen Brown(07/29/11)Funeral services for Mrs. Esther Helen Brown, 94, of Spirit Lake, will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 1, at First Presbyterian Church in Spirit Lake. Visitation will begin after 4 p.m. Sunday, July 31, with the family present from 4-6 p.m. at Turner Jenness Funeral Home in Spirit Lake...

Bernice (Tiller) Mincer(07/26/11)Recent resident of Heritage House, Buckley, Wash., former business owner and long-time resident of Carson, Bernice Mincer, will be laid to rest at the North Lawn Cemetery in Spencer, next to her husband of 62 years, Lyle Walter Mincer. Bernice Mincer, 89, was surrounded by her children at the time of her passing, Saturday, July 23, 2011, in Puyallup, Wash...

Robert Keir(07/26/11)Funeral services for Mr. Robert Keir, 106, of Spencer, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, July 29, at Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer. Rev. Paul Hansen will officiate the memorial service. Visitation will occur prior to the service at the church...

Helen Mefferd(07/23/11)Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Mefferd, 91, of Spencer, formerly of Laurens, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 27, 2011, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Laurens. Rev. Bonnie Mefferd will officiate the service. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, July 26, with the family present at the Bethany Lutheran Church in Laurens...

Leona Bussert(07/23/11)Funeral services for Mrs. Leona Bussert, of Spencer, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 26, 2011, at First English Lutheran Church, in Spencer. Rev. Paul Kaldahl will officiate the service. Visitation will take place Monday, July 25, at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer, starting at 5 p.m., with family and friends present from 5-7 p.m...

Helen Mefferd(07/22/11)Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Mefferd, 91, of Spencer, formerly of Laurens, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 27, 2011, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Laurens. Rev. Bonnie Mefferd will officiate the service. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, July 26, with the family present at the Bethany Lutheran Church in Laurens...

Tina Wilson-Miller(07/22/11)Tina Wilson-Miller, 44, of Urbandale, formerly of Spencer, died July 5, 2011. Memorial services at DaySpring Church at 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, 2011. Private burial at Northlawn Cemetery. Formative years spent in San Bernardino, Calif. Tina worked at Daily Reporter, Northwest Bank...

Helen Mefferd(07/21/11)Services are pending for Mrs. Helen Mefferd, 91, of Spencer, formerly of Laurens, who passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2011, at St. Luke Lutheran Home in Spencer.
Warner Funeral Home in Spencer is in charge of arrangements.

F. Maxine Seifert(07/19/11)F. Maxine Seifert, 90, of Vista, Calif., formerly of Linn Grove, Ia. and West Lake Okoboji, died Friday, Nov. 26, 2010, at the Alta Vista Manor in Vista, Calif. Memorial Services and burial will be held at 11 a.m. July 22, 2011, at the Monmouth Cemetery, Monmouth, Ia. with Chaplain/Celebrant Rev. Ruth Ann Scott officiating. Carson & Son Funeral And Cremation Services in Maquoketa is assisting the family with arrangements...

Yvonne J. Halverson(07/19/11)Yvonne J. (Bonnie) Halverson, long-time resident of Spencer, died July 10, 2011, at Rest Haven Health Care Center in Verona, Wis. Bonnie was born July 31, 1919, in Sioux Center, Ia., the daughter of Dr. Henry and Alice (Vanderzee) DeMots. After high school graduation, she attended National Business Training School and worked in Sioux City until her marriage to R. ...

Julian 'Bud' Lovitt(07/19/11)Funeral services for Julian "Bud" Lovitt, 87, of Spencer, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 21, 2011, at Hope Reformed Church in Spencer. Rev. Russell Muilenburg and Rev. Adam Lovitt will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, 2011, with the family present from 5-7 p.m., at the Warner Funeral Home...

Pearl Mortimore(07/16/11)Services for Pearl Mortimore, 86, of Spencer, formerly of Estherville, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 19, 2011, at First Christian Church in Estherville. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Monday, at Henry-Olson Funeral Chapel in Estherville. Pearl passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at St. Luke Lutheran Home in Spencer...

Stanley Norman Olson(07/15/11)On June 20, 2011, Stanley Norman Olson passed away at Casa de la Luz Hospice in Tuscon, Ariz. He was 78 years young. Stanley was born to hard-working Iowans of Swedish and Pennsylvania-Dutch descent, Otto and Marie Sibley Olson on Feb. 25, 1933. He grew up on his parents' farm, graduated from Ruthven Consolidated School, spent two years in the U.S. Army from March 1, 1953 to February 1, 1955, serving one year in Korea...

Marcia 'Marcy' Anliker Rolenc(07/14/11)Marcia "Marcy" Anliker Rolenc, 67, of Iowa City, died Monday, July 11, 2011. To celebrate Marcy's life, a gathering for friends and family will be held Saturday, July 23, 2011, from 4-7 p.m. at The Kirkwood Room, 513-15 Kirkwood Ave., Iowa City. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the Friends of the (Senior) Center, 28 S. ...

George Harrison(07/14/11)Memorial services for Mr. George Harrison, 91, of Peterson, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 16, 2011, at the United Methodist Church in Peterson. Rev. Esta Fraley and Rev. Kim Dewey will officiate the service. Visitation will be held with the family present from 5-7:30 p.m. Friday, at Warner Funeral Home in Peterson...

Robert Keir(07/12/11)Memorial services for Mr. Robert Keir, 106, of Spencer, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, July 29, 2011, at Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer. Rev. Paul Hansen will officiate the service. Visitation will be prior to the service at the church. Burial will take place at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer...

Sadie Herrig(07/12/11)Funeral services for Mrs. Sadie Herrig, 101, of Spencer, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Mike Huebner will officiate the service. Visitation will begin after 3 p.m. Tuesday, with the family present from 6-8 p.m. at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...

Ilo Harriet Gappa(07/12/11)Ilo Harriet Gappa, daughter of Leo and Naomi (Johnson) Rehm, was born Aug. 23, 1921, in Ayrshire, Ia. She graduated from Silver Lake High School in Ayrshire in 1940. On Sept. 11, 1945, Ilo was united in marriage to George H. Gappa in Fairmont, Minn. To this union a daughter was born...

Russell Edwin Olson(07/12/11)Services for Russell Edwin Olson, 99, of Spencer, formerly of the Ayrshire area, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. C. Peter Maisenbach will officiate the service. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the services at the church...

Gene Brugman(07/07/11)Funeral services for Mrs. Gene Brugman, 86, of Royal, will be held a 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 9, 2011, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Royal. Rev. Deb Mechler will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Friday, with the family present from 6-8 p.m. at the church in Royal...

Ida Marie Peterson(07/07/11)Memorial services for Ida Marie Peterson, 100, of Spencer, will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 9, at First Congregational Church in Spencer. Rev. Thomas Van Tassell will officiate. A luncheon will be held following the service at the church. Interment was held previously at the Riverside Cemetery in Spencer...

Marc Crawmer(07/05/11)Funeral services for Mr. Marc Crawmer, 54, of Dickens will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at Warner Chapel in Spencer. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Tuesday, with the family present from 5-7 p.m. at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...

Norman L. Huser(07/05/11)Former Everly resident Norman L. Huser passed away Thursday, June 30, 2011 at Country Manor Health Care Center in Sartell, Minn. He was 87. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 7, 2011, at First United Methodist Church in St. Cloud, Minn. A military honors service will be held at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn. the following morning at 11:45 a.m...

Robert White(07/05/11)Funeral services for Mr. Robert White, 83, of Peterson, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Rev. William Schreiber and Rev. Bob Brown will officiate the service. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. ...

Clara Baker(07/02/11)Funeral and graveside services for Mrs. Clara Louise Baker, 89, of Stow, Ohio, were held Friday, July 1, 2011, at El Camino Memorial Park in San Diego, Calif. Mrs. Baker passed way Thursday, June 23, 2011, at the Stow-Glen Retirement Village, where she had lived for the last 12 years of her life. Previously, Louise had resided in San Diego, Calif. for 45 years...

Jody Mowery(07/01/11)Funeral services for Jody Mowery, 46, of Spencer, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 1, 2011, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Rev. William Schreiber will officiate the service. Interment will take place at Fairview Cemetery in rural Langdon...